Kyra Michalak scores on walk-off passed ball to help Hopkins softball top Athol in eight innings

Kyra Michalak raced home on a passed ball in the bottom of the eighth inning to help Hopkins softball top Athol Friday, 12-11.

Michalak’s run was the second of two runs that Hopkins scored in the eighth after Julia Salmond hit a go-ahead home run in the top of the eighth for Athol. Jera Barrett, who went 4-for-5 with two RBIs and four runs in the game, scored the game-tying run on a pass ball before Michalak’s run.

Nicole Guerin had a strong day at the plate for Athol, going 2-for-5 with two RBIs, a triple and a homer.

Athol had seven extra-base hits on the day, including a double and a triple from Jessica Mann (2-for-4) and a double from Jessica Soucie (1-for-4.)